Spokesperson for Foreign Ministry of DPRK Gives Answer
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) – A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA on July 3 as regards the fact that the U.S. judicial authorities recently prosecuted DPRK citizens on the suspicion of a “cyber crime” and put them on a wanted list:
The recent incident is an absurd smear campaign and grave violation of sovereignty aimed at tarnishing the image of our state as it is a continuation of the hostile move of the successive U.S. administrations that have talked much about the non-existent “cyber threat” from the DPRK.
The Foreign Ministry of the DPRK expresses serious concern over the U.S. judicial authorities’ provocation which is threatening and encroaching on the security, rights and interests of our citizens by fabricating the groundless “cyber” drama, and strongly denounces and rejects it.
The real threat of creating international cyberspace instability comes not from the DPRK but from the U.S.
The U.S. has long been posing a constant threat to the cyber security of the DPRK and other sovereign states by making cyber space a scene of battle and abusing the cyber issue as a political weapon to tarnish the image of other countries and impair the exercise of their legitimate rights.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has the right to take a proper and proportionate countermeasure to thoroughly protect the security and rights of its citizens from the judicial enforcement for a sinister political purpose, and to call to strict legal account the outsiders who took malicious action.
We will never tolerate any hostile act of the U.S. to encroach upon our state’s sovereignty through groundless slander and illegal application of judicial means but will firmly defend the legitimate rights and interests of the citizens. -0-
www.kcna.kp (2025.07.04.)
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Called it. I knew this was just the US using corruption in their own system as an excuse to be racist and hateful.
Uhh, I mean, of course EVIL NORF COURIER WOULD LIE ABOUT THIS! It’s illegal to say the truth in north korea or else you are thrown into the air and they shoot at you with an anti-air gun, but they have no ammo so you have to pretend to be shot and make all the bullet wounds yourself with a spoon or else you’ll be put in prison for 42069 years!
There is a mythology that follows computers hackers. People have a tendency to view computer hackers as having real life super powers. People dream that a hacker can save them by erasing their debts or toppling a bad government.
I think Hexbears want to believe that DPRK Hackers are doing vigilante justice because it sounds cool. It’s a fun idea. I don’t think that users are saying it in a way that is disrespectful.
I think there’s probably a mix of truth. It is very likely that the US has slandered DPRK for crimes that they did not commit. There’s been dozens of news stories about alleged North Korean Hackers, some of them could be fabricated.
In this particular story, I think it could be real because the US also charged 6 Chinese nationals. When China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was asked about the charges, the spokesperson said that China opposes the sanctions and will defend the rights of Chinese nationals. My interpretation is that China is not denying that the Chinese nationals worked with DPRK nationals and instead saying they don’t respect US sanctions, which is cool.
https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt/202507/t20250701_11662827.html